Xx Phileas Fogg Poem by Madam Anonymous

Flamboyant
A man with personal aplomb, a man with big worldly dreams
Full of life’s vivacious vigor and thrill, bursting at seams

Scientific
Reform Club could set the clock by his punctuality
To always be analytical is his admirable quality

Sharp
Had the entire world’s knowledge neatly aligned
In that quick, deep, ravenous, cultivated mind

Unafraid
Daringly wagered his fortune, to stand by what he says
Went against Britannica, in impossible, dashing worldly race

Just
Fruitfully defeating any injustice or deviousness he meets
With dignity and fairness Passepartout he treats

Gentlemanly
Toward the fairer sex and weak, chivalrous
In his dealings with all, always courteous

Romantic
To fall head over heels for a damsel in distress
By Aouda’s beauty, helplessness, chastity impressed

Virtuous
Lived larger than life, the manly honorable way
Made hard work, originality, labor of his mind pay

Capable
Resourcefully, can overcome obstacles he comes across
Circled The World in Eighty Days without a moment’s pause

My Hero, Phileas Fogg, of Jules Verne’s 1872 novel ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’